chauffeur

[ shoh-fer, shoh-fur ]

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noun

a person employed to drive a private automobile or limousine for the owner.
a person employed to drive a car or limousine that transports paying passengers.

verb (used with object)

to drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur.
to transport by car: Saturday mornings I have to chauffeur the kids to their music lessons.

verb (used without object)

to work as a chauffeur: He chauffeured for a time right after the war.

Origin of chauffeur

1895–1900; <French, equivalent to chauff(er) to heat (see chafe) + -eur-eur

Other words from chauffeur

un·chauf·feured, adjective
well-chauffeured, adjective

Words that may be confused with chauffeur

chauffeur , shofar

Words Nearby chauffeur

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How to use chauffeur in a sentence

He sent a chauffeur to drive her to a new location, which ended up being his house.
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But soon after, I remember feeling very, very stoned and asking his chauffeur to take me back to the car.
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The apartment was given to the chauffeur of Lavrenti Beria, the head of the NKVD.
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It just shocked me, I swear I would have a chauffeur if I could ever afford one.
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Unlike other students, however, he was ferried to the train station in a chauffeur-driven Range Rover.
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Sidestep snobby French cab drivers by hiring an iPad-toting chauffeur-driven car.
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A chauffeur may recover damages from his employer for injuries received while operating his car.
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The chauffeur shifted his position so as to glance behind him at the girls, the car running slowly.
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He was a young man, and he wore some sort of a uniform—that of a chauffeur, taxi driver, or something of the sort.
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“Yes, Miss Jessie,” said the chauffeur, looking up at the clouds that had been gathering.
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It was Amy who had suggested the writing of the letter and having it taken into town by Chapman, the chauffeur.
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British Dictionary definitions for chauffeur

chauffeur

/ (ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː) /

noun

a person employed to drive a car

verb

to act as driver for (a person): he chauffeured me to the stadium; he chauffeurs for the Duke

Origin of chauffeur

C20: from French, literally: stoker, from chauffer to heat

Derived forms of chauffeur

chauffeuse (ʃəʊˈfɜːz), fem n

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